Fraud case in Cork calls into question 'integrity of the Irish passport system', court told

A foreign woman and an Irish man faces charges of obtaining a false passport for a child that they said was their son

Detective Garda Mark Hennebry of Garda National Immigration Bureau said the actions of a couple before Cork District Court “called into question the integrity of both the Irish birth certificate registration system and the Irish passport system”.  File photo: Collins Photos

A detective in an alleged passport fraud case said the actions of a couple before Cork District Court “called into question the integrity of both the Irish birth certificate registration system and the Irish passport system”. 

Detective Garda Mark Hennebry of Garda National Immigration Bureau alleged at Cork District Court that the alleged offences would have serious repercussions for both systems.